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{{short description|Canadian-born baseball pitcher (born 1973)}}
{{For|the American basketball player|Jason Dixon}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Jason Dickson 
|image=
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1973|3|30}}
|birth_place=[[London, Ontario]], [[Canada]]
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=August 21
|debutyear=1996
|debutteam=California Angels
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 14
|finalyear=2000
|finalteam=Anaheim Angels
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=26–25
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=214
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=4.99
|teams=
*[[Los Angeles Angels|California / Anaheim Angels]] ({{mlby|1996}}–{{mlby|1998}}, {{mlby|2000}})
|highlights=
*[[MLB All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1997]])
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's [[baseball]] }}
{{Medal|Country | {{bb|CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[18U Baseball World Cup|World Junior Baseball Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| {{baseball year|1991}} [[Brandon, Manitoba|Brandon]] | [[Canada national under-18 baseball team|Team]]}}
}}

'''Jason Royce Dickson''' (born March 30, 1973) is a Canadian former professional [[baseball]] [[pitcher]].

Dickson is a graduate of [[Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College]]. He played for the [[Somerset Patriots]] and was drafted by the [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]] in the 6th round of the 1994 [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] Amateur Draft. He was part of Team Canada in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] which finished in fourth place.

Called up to the California Angels squad on August 21, 1996, the first batter he faced was [[Derek Jeter]], who homered off Dickson's third Major League pitch. Dickson was named to the [[1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] as a 24-year-old representing the Anaheim Angels. He finished his first full season with 13 wins and a 4.29 [[Earned run average|ERA]] but struggled the next year, going 10–10 with a 6.05 ERA. Over four seasons in the majors, Dickson had a 26–25 record and 4.99 career ERA. However, injuries all but nullified his once promising career. In 1996, he won the [[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame]]'s [[Tip O'Neill Award]].

Raised in [[Miramichi, New Brunswick]], Dickson has been a supporter of the [[New Brunswick]] [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberals]] and campaigned for them in the [[2003 New Brunswick general election|2003 election]]. It was reported in the March 7, 2006 ''[[Times & Transcript]]'' where he was considering running for the Liberals in the [[2006 New Brunswick general election|next provincial election]]. He ran for and lost the right to run for the Liberals in the riding of [[Miramichi-Bay du Vin]] at a May 28, 2006 [[nominating convention]] placing third in a field of four candidates with 91 of 531 total votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060529/TTNEWS16/605290411/-1/TTNEWS |title = Telegraph-Journal {{!}} TJ.news}}</ref>

He is now a pitcher for the Chatham Ironmen of the [[New Brunswick Senior Baseball League]]. On June 22, 2016, he was acclaimed as [[Baseball Canada]] President at the organization's Annual General Meeting in [[Toronto]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Baseball Canada elects new executive, Jason Dickson acclaimed as Baseball Canada President |url=http://www.baseball.ca/baseball-canada-elects-new-executive-jason-dickson-acclaimed-as-baseball-canada-president |website=[[Baseball Canada]] |access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Major League Baseball players from Canada]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Baseball stats |br=d/dicksja01 |fangraphs=1003278 |retro=D/Pdickj001}}, or [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=dickso001jas Baseball Reference (Minor and Independent leagues)]

{{Tip O'Neill Award}}
{{Sporting News MLB Rookie of the year}}
{{Canada 2004 Olympic Baseball Team}}

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